Jamie Vardy is confident England now have a Plan B for next year’s World Cup after the nightmare of Iceland at Euro2016.

Rudderless and leaderless, Roy Hodgson’s Three Lions crashed out of last year’s tournament in France at the knockout stage - an exit which cost Hodgson his job.

Gareth Southgate has since reshaped the squad and promoted from the Under-21s to give England greater depth and a variation in tactics which proved promising against Germany on Friday night.

The goalless draw was the first time in 14 games in which Joachim Low’s side had failed to score.

Jamie Vardy has high hopes for the current England set-up (Image: CameraSport)

It also enabled Everton keeper Jordan Pickford, Chelsea’s Ruben Loftus Cheek and Liverpool’s Joe Gomez to force their way into Southgate’s World Cup plans.

Rampant Brazil could yet burst the country’s bubble of optimism at Wembley on Tuesday night.

But Vardy revealed belief has been restored to the side, a year on from England’s European Championship shambles.

“I think we have definitely got to learn from that.” he said. “There was not really a change of plan in the Iceland game and it was just hoping we got back into it.

Jamie Vardy proved he can still be a menace (Image: REUTERS)

“I think we saw that with a different formation [against Germany], it worked. We will be working with it on the training field to make sure we have got it nailed down.”

Southgate’s England team against the reigning world champions had been the most inexperienced for 37 years – with just 101 caps between them before kick-off.

They lined up in a 3-5-2 formation, one able to switch into a 3-4-3. Vardy and Tammy Abraham caused problems up front while Marcus Rashford is set to start against Brazil.

Asked whether we could be seeing one of those combinations up front at the World Cup, Vardy added: “Who knows? That is down to the gaffer and how he wants to play.

Southgate's side kept Germany scoreless for the first time in 14 games (Image: Reuters)

“But it showed we can play a different system and that is what we will have to do. We always need a plan B or plan C.”

Eric Dier, at just 23, skippered Friday night’s side but Vardy was insistent that, just as with Dier’s club side Spurs, every England player is now being encouraged to take responsibility.

“The gaffer wants everyone to be a leader.” he said. “Eric took the captain’s armband but every single player was talking to each other and helping each other. You need a team of leaders to get better.”